Event type:
Evening meeting, Lecture, Regional Group
Organised by:
Home Counties North Regional Group
Venue:
Gass Lecture Theatre, Milton Keynes
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
The world faces tremendous challenges to resolve the problems associated with food supply, and minerals have a vital role to play.
To provide the food required by a population that will increase from 7 to 9 billion by 2050, we need to consider alternatives to the conventional chemical fertilisers that are used, as these are too expensive for many poor farmers, as well as far from ideal for deeply-leached tropical soils.
To make progress, we need to exploit the natural processes by which soil minerals provide essential plant nutrients as an appropriate companion to conventional fertiliser use. In these and other areas, minerals and the minerals industry have a vital role to play in sustaining the human race.
Speaker
Professor David Manning
University of Newcastle and Past President, Geological Society of London)
Time
Refreshments 6.30pm Meeting starts 7.00pm
Venue
Gass Lecture Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire MK7 6AA
Cost
Free
Further details
For further information see the flyer.
The Gass Lecture Theatre is accessed from East Spur, off East Lane or from the central walkway (see campus map)